Chief Justice Toal receives the 2011 Jurist of the Year Award given by the Southeastern Region of the American Board of Trial Advocates (SEABOTA)

On Saturday, April 30th, Chief Justice Toal received the 2011 SEABOTA Jurist of the Year award at the SEABOTA annual conference.

SEABOTA was formed in 2004 to unite the members of twelve local American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) chapters in the ten states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. As a regional chapter, SEABOTA has a substantial number of members who provide a consolidated voice in matters of importance to the legal profession in the Southeast region.